City Museum of Manaus (Paço da Liberdade)

The Paço da Liberdade is one of the most important buildings in Manaus' oldest historic site.

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Paço da Liberdade

The building of the Paço da Liberdade is located in the Historic Center of Manaus, in the old neighborhood of São Vicente. Its construction started in 1874 and was one of the first monuments to present neoclassical architectural characteristics, possessing one of the most beautiful façades of the city. Also known as Paço Municipal, in 1879, the building housed the Provincial Government and then, with the Proclamation of the Republic, it became the seat of the Republican Government's administration.

The monument has a single floor, subdivided into three sections. The central part is composed of a portico with two columns and two pilasters in Tuscan style, where you can see the coat of arms of the municipality of Manaus.

Located in front of Dom Pedro II Square, the Paço da Liberdade is one of the most important buildings of the oldest historical site of Manaus, a landmark of the wealth and pomp that reigned during the rubber golden age.

Manaus City Museum

O City Museum of Manaus has become the house that tells the history of the Manaus people. Bringing together architectural beauty, technological exhibitions, archaeological pieces and regional items, the space has already received thousands of visitors, since its inauguration on the city's anniversary, on October 24, 2018.

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Eight rooms of the Museum of the City of Manaus depict the daily life, identity and culture of past generations, through exhibitions of long and short duration, using interactivity to tell the story of the city of Manaus from texts, sounds and images, with educational, playful and dynamic character and attracting the attention, look and sensitivity of even the youngest visitors.

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Rooms such as "Afluents of Timewhich projects images from a reflection in the water, which is dammed in a kind of basin in the shape of a river, enchants visitors. In the space "Head-Houseshouses of different inhabitants of the city are presented in pictures on a touchscreen panel. touchscreen. In the "Baths of Originsit is possible to experience the testimony of people of other nationalities who came to live in Manaus.

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The museum also features the "Marketwith the exhibition of regional delicacies, foods and objects that the market traders used to sell in the fairs. The "Flying Rivers" space "Flying Rivers shows the evaporation of water and the cycle of rainfall in the capital in four globes, while the "Archeology" room "Archeology" room room features a virtual reality tour through the region's archeological past. At "Rings of Growth there is a projection on two pieces of logs and, finally, the "Mayors Room shows names, photos, and management periods of all the mayors of Manaus.

History

The City Museum was created by the Mayor João de Mendonça Furtado, through the law n° 1.616, of June 17th 1982, in the structure of the Municipal Secretariat of Education and Culture, located in the building at Rua da Instalação, but the Museum never functioned in this location and was not even inaugurated.

More than 20 years later, in 2005, the City Museum project was resumed, and now it is housed in the Paço da Liberdade, the former headquarters of the Manaus City Hall.

Initially called the Historical Museum of the City of Manaus (MUHMA), the idea came from the need to systematically house the memory of the construction of the city of Manaus, expanding the civic importance of this first palace of the city, built more than 120 years ago to house the municipal government. It is one of the few buildings in Brazil built especially for this function.

Service

❱ Address: Gabriel Salgado Street, s/n - (Praça D. Pedro II) Centro, Manaus, AM, Brazil - Zip Code: 69.005-340

❱ Telephones: +55 (92) 3622-4991

❱ Visitation: Tuesday to Sunday, from 9am to 5pm (last entry at 4:20pm).Scheduling of visits for school classes is required.

❱ Admission: Free

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Attention. Times and days are subject to change without notice.

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With information from Viva Manaus (Manauscult)